Inflation cooled further in June leading markets to believe Fed rates will soon follow. For the first time in a long time the Consumer Price Index fell on a monthly basis in June, declining 0.1% from May. This was welcome news for the financial markets which...
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Fed chairman Powell suggests interest rates could stay high for a longer period. The stock market, which was expecting numerous cuts this year, has not responded favorably. Up until very recently, the expectation for 2024 has been for moderating inflation and several Fed rate cuts. In...
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Looking back several decades to the last 14 tightening cycles by the Federal Reserve’s, the Fed has managed a soft landing (i.e. successfully slowing growth and inflation without causing a recession) only twice. The other twelve tightening cycles have resulted in a recession. In other...
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Inflation Continues to Cool June CPI registered a 3% increase, which was the smallest 12-month increase since the period ending March 2021. While a downward trend in inflation can always reverse, it is also possible that the easing inflation and a somewhat slower economy may result...
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During the first several weeks of 2016, the stock market lost nearly 10%. Since that time, the market has reversed higher and gained roughly 12%. Trying to understand why the stock market has been so erratic this year is difficult, but this video does a...
Read MoreStock prices in markets around the world fluctuated dramatically for the week ended August 27. On Monday, August 24, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1,089 points—a larger loss than the “Flash Crash” in May 2010—before rallying to close down 588. Prices fell further on Tuesday...
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